Roger Ailes for president in 2012?
By on Oct 23rd, 2009 at 11:55 am
Roger Ailes for president in 2012?
In Playbook today, Mike Allen reports that “friends and associates” are encouraging Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to run for president in 2012:
“Ailes knows how to frame an issue better anybody and that’s what we need now,” says one Ailes friend who is encouraging him to run. Frank Luntz, for one, tells Playbook that Ailes could be a force if does it. “I have known Roger Ailes for 29 years,” says Luntz. “No one knows how to win better than Roger.”
Perhaps Ailes thinks that since he runs Fox, he’s prepared to face al Qaeda.
Update Ailes has turned down a presidential run: "This country needs fair and balanced news more now than ever before, so I'm going to decline a run for the presidency. Besides, I can't take the pay cut."
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Oh please, oh please, oh please, please, please!!!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 amFat, rich, and white, just what we need. Uh-huh
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 amHe could be America’s Berlusconi, heaven help us.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 pmAnd Dick can be his VP
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 pmAILES/PALIN
I’ll donate . .
(God is good . . )
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 pmI’m not going to vote for a man without a neck.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 pmChuck Feney says:
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He could be America’s Berlusconi, heaven help us.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 pmNah, look at him, he’d probably have a heart attack if he found out he won.
the real leader of the rnc/gop just think of all the off record meetings with the ‘news’ he will have.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 pmOfficial campaign portrait:
http://www.members.shaw.ca/david.p.z.888/star_wars/pics/boss_nass.jpg
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 pmMaybe 2012 will be the year of the Antichrist.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:04 pmGood GAWD! Is that really him?
EWWWWW!
Jabba the Hut!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 pmThe epitome of Rightwingnuttery: white, fat and old.
Freeze the thought.
Enjoy peace for a moment. Feel the love, then return to the pit of gloom.
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/23/white-house-releases-portrait-of-first-family/
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pmTP, I just spit out my coffee onto the monitor with that headline.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pmThanx a lot.
Wow! Then all American could be just like FOX!
(I just threw up a little in my mouth)
“No one knows how to win better than Roger.” – and for Republicans, this ALL about winning and NOTHING about governing. We had 8 years of that.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pmYES!! Please DO!! An another easy Obama victory in 2012!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pmRoger Ailes for president in 2012?
What party would Mr. Ailes run under? Oh, I’m sorry was the Republican Party a “given” because FOX is so fair and balanced I wouldn’t want to simply assume.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pmOops…typo:
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Ailes would set the record for fewest votes by a repug. Only in a perfect world would this doughy pantload get the nomination.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pmAiles/Huckabee in 2012
Isn’t it about time America gave rich fat white guys a chance?
In the deep recesses of my heart, I suspect the GOP nominee for 2012 will be someone most of us don’t even know is alive yet. First of all, while I may be naively optimistic, I suspect that if a public option passes, Obama’s going to be sitting pretty when 2012 comes around. The economy will be starting to get better – it won’t be great but it will be better and on an upswing. The Republicans only retorts will be “we could’ve done it better faster and cheaper” as well as the usual “Muslim! Fascist! Marxist! Other!” cheap shots. Anyone who wants a real shot at winning the Presidency will wait until 2016, which means that, like the GOP tried with their Hail-Mary-Palin-as-Veep strategy, they will bring someone up from the ranks really fast (just like you did with Obama! they’ll shout), he/she won’t have much of a past to condemn (so anything bad you say about him/her will be something you made up! they’ll say [just like we did with Obama! they won't say...but oooh, they'll be thinking]). He/she will be dynamic, good-looking and reasonably young, who will be balanced with an older “seasoned” populist, or what passes for populism in the ranks of the GOP nowadays. And they will hope and pray no one will notice the candidate is a dim bulb in an empty suit until after Election Day…because, you know, that worked out so well for them last time with Palin.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pmDidn’t GHW Bush refer to him as “our man Ailes”. I’ll say it again, that old b@stard and his cronies are behind everything bad that’s happened in this country at least as far back as when his daddy was supporting Hitler.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pmUnfortunately for Roger, in today’s politics personal appearance matters.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pmHmmm, gee, I wonder what party he’ll run for?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pmGreg Brady says:
Marcia, Marcia, Marcia
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pmI think there is a typo in the end of Luntz’ quote:
“No one knows how to fix an election better than Roger.”
Seriously, this guy is our Berlusconi, only without the charm and chutzpah to be “dating” 18yr olds.
Wouldn’t he have to resign from FoxNews to run? Would FoxNews be prohibited from covering his campaign?
(Those are hypotheticals. The network doesn’t have any pretense of fairness, ethics, or journalistic integrity)
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm(BARF)…..(BARF, again).
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:12 pmDoes this mean we can start digging up all the dirt on this b@stard NOW?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pmIf he was to actually win, Corporate America would actually be the name of this country, because big business will have taken over.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pmI have known Roger Ailes for 29 years,” says Luntz. “No one knows how to win better than Roger.”
– - Really? Tell us about how he got Bush #1 re-elected in 1992.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pmslappy magoo, there won’t be a republican party in 2016
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 pmI heard Fox already declared Ailes the winner in 2012. /snark
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 pmYeah, America needs is a media consultant/corporate titan running the Country. Who says that GOPers can’t do comedy?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 pmyou know, Ailes kinda looks like 5-deferment Dickhead, but with jowls & a double chin.
just sayin’
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 pmWinning by frank luntz’s strategy means lying to the people and practicing “the end justifies the means” to get what you want. Luntz is a lying propogandist…just look at his anti health insurance reform playbook with it’s phony fearmongering talking points and his push poll tactics.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 pmHe looks like a cross between buckshot and churchill.
Can the repugs be more stupid?
palin/ailes 12
This is just too good for words.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 pmZooey says:
Oh please, oh please, oh please, please, please!!!!
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Strangely enough… that was my very first, EXACT reaction, too…
Second one?
Eeeeh… I’m not sure Ailes could run… even if his life depended it…
Walk… yes… and slowly at that… across the room… to a chair…
But run??? Not so much…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 pmDaveG says:
Hmmm, gee, I wonder what party he’ll run for?
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Donner…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pmInteresting timing for this story . . . how is this suppose to make everyone think that Fox News isn’t an arm of the GOP if friends and advisors are urging him to run for POTUS on the GOP ticket? Can someone explain . . .?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pmLook at this guy…I mean, look at him!
Frank Luntz polls for people who have no basis in reality whatsoever. This proves it.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pmYes, yes, yes and double yes!
A GOP candidate even more repugnant the Bush and/or Cheney – YES!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 pmI don’t know about this whole “Ailes for President” thing. I seriously doubt that Dick Cheney could get his whole hand up Ailes’ fat @ss.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 pmCan repugs be anymore disgusting? What has happened to this country in the last 30 years is tragic. Media can argue all they want about Dems and repugs sharing the blame but they can’t come up with the stellar list of losers on the repug side v.s. the Dems. Fox News is the headquarters for repugs.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:18 pmRepublic of Stupidity: The TEA Party, what else?
po: These people explain NOTHING. Either you get their super secret neocon language and codes, or you don’t.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pmAiles, Ailes, the GOP gangsters are all here, time for a fascist jubilee…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pmReminds me of Alfred Hitchcock..
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pmSo this is the teabaggers poster boy.
Now it all makes sense.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:21 pmFolks, quite frankly, I’m afraid that Democratic porn is exactly what this story is–and it’s ALL that it is.
And I’ve rarely been one to turn away from that…
ha ha
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:21 pmcandide says:
“Maybe 2012 will be the year of the Antichrist.”
We can be assured that the right wing X-tian extremists will make a huge play of the end of the world scenario, and use it to attack President Obama.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 pmI think before he even formally announces his campaign, he needs to sit down with two people; Senator Franken and Representative Grayson. If he can present a reasonable platform to those two, he can run for the White House, anyone with me?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:22 pmIf the battle for the NY-23rd is any indication, you might be right. We’d have a big-tent Democratic party, a more-or-less centrist/centre-right party (for the McCains, Snowes, Collinses), and a faaaaaaar right conservative party that leaches votes from the “moderates”. Woohoo!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 pmAll Right!!!! Ailes and Bachman in 2012. With that ticket Obama won’t need to spend any money whatsoever. I’ll bring the popcorn and vodka.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 pmcrazy.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 pmThey just come up with something funnier every single day these days.
“jowls of freedom!”, belonging to a guy whose boss isn’t even an American…
wow, righties.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:25 pmAnd Jeb Bush has promised he can still “deliver” Florida.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:25 pmAnother campaign photo here.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pmMmm, popcorn and vodka. Reminds me of the election night party I threw back in ‘06.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 pmFrank Luntz, for one, tells Playbook that Ailes could be a force if does it. “I have known Roger Ailes for 29 years,” says Luntz. “No one knows how to win better than Roger.”
And that, in a nutshell, is what the Republican Party is all about — winning.
The governing that comes after? That’s irrelevant. After all, everybody knows government can’t work, so why bother trying to make it work, eh?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Xisithrus says:
Reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock..
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm—————————————————————-
As an avid Hitch fan I take offense……….though the re-pukes and their politics is somewhat NOIR !!!!!!!!
The Republic of Stupidity says:
Donner…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
**snort**
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:29 pm29. Fred says:
slappy magoo, there won’t be a republican party in 2016
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Part of me thinks “From your lips to God’s/Buddha’s/Allah’s/Flying Spaghetti Monster’s Listening Orbs.” But not only do I naturally doubt it, I think it would be dangerous for democracy. I align myself with Dems, but it’s a party with its share of corrupt pantloads, too. The voters need to be vigilant in keeping the pantloads in our party from even winning a primary, but they do squeak through, and to pretend they don’t exist only does the Democrats a disservice. In the best scenario for us, a Republican party needs to exist so voters know just how bad it can be when NO ONE is looking after their best interests. Then they’d stay involved in the process at every level, from early campaigning through primaries and elections, and make sure only the best and brightest in our party make it to the finish line…
While I’m at it, I wish for a pony.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:29 pm57 – you’re right – we’re terribly lucky to have President Obama.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pmOK, add Ailes to the growing heap of hilarious possibilities that have been floated for the GOP nomination in 2012. So far, we have Palin, Pawlenty, Sanford (since removed from consideration), Jindal, Bachmann, Jeb Bush, and even Joe the Plumber.
Add to this silliness the lack of “future leaders” on the GOP website.
Why don’t the Republicans just come out and admit they have no serious candidates for the next election, and the best they hope to come up with is somebody who can whip the rabid marginalized right into a check-writing frenzy to raise money for the party?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:31 pmHmmmm. My cat Spike just yarked up a hairball on my rug.
Strangely enough, that was my reaction to this story…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pmGood campaign slogan for Ailes: “Hide your children.”
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pmGreg Brady says:
I’m not going to vote for a man without a neck.
That is hilarious!!
Please run this man against Obama in 12!!!!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:33 pmThat would be the easiest election ever
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 pmAnd I thought McCain was “Old McGrumpy”
May I suggest in preparation for running for President and facing down Al Q, that Ailes (rhymes with what ails you), make a solo, black ops, Rambo attack on the secret Al Q headquarters in Pakistan/Afghanistan ?
And has Ailes figured out yet that Al Q just picks up and moves to another country and the Taliban is a govt system which may likely turned a blind eye and/or cooperated with Al Q but remains after Al Q has moved ?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 pmZooey @ #1: It’s really frustrating to go to the comments and in the first post is everything that needs saying.
C’mon, let the brethren kick it around a bit, have a little fun, before we are so succinctly faced with The Point.
Seriously, Ailes with the GOP nomination would prove conclusively that God favors progressives …
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 pmWe would have to annex Canada just to have enough lebensraum for his jowls.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 pmNO, no, no.
Roger Ailes, who appears to be a clapped-out version of DarthBarney Cheney, for VP.
Rupert “Murder” Murdock for that man behind the curtain, “The Whizzer of Oz”.
And for President, “Sarah Palin 2012 – Pullin’ the Plug on America”.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 pmYou obviously aren’t aware of the comparisons.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:36 pmSlappy Magoo:
In the best scenario for us, a Republican party needs to exist so voters know just how bad it can be when NO ONE is looking after their best interests.
Strange talk, from an erstwhile (or is it really ersatz) democrat.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:37 pmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pmFor one think Ailes is a suspected Scientology leader but somehow all references to this keep getting scrubbed from Wikipedia.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pmIf some of the online comments I have read recently regarding Mike Allen’s (Politico) credibility are accurate, then why on earth has ThinkProgress.org quoted him twice today?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pmFrank Luntz, for one, tells Playbook that Ailes could be a force…
Yeah, in an “explosive diarreha” sort of way.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:40 pmRoger Ailes me.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 pmAt his first debate he should be asked what he knows about his superstar Glenn Beck having allegedly raped and murdered a young girl. In fact Karl Rove himself would spread fliers at every church on Sundays just this question.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:42 pmUSNclerk says:
I think before he even formally announces his campaign, he needs to sit down with two people; Senator Franken and Representative Grayson.
Better add a third person….His cardiologist :)~
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:42 pmI’d like to see Ailes run just so the whole country can see the dark seedy underbelly (emphasis on the belly)of this underserving candidate. Get him out from under the safety blanket of FOX and expose his every missqoute, bank statement, ill concieved stance etc…to the world.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pmYer killin’ me man. Sooo perfect…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm“Perhaps Ailes thinks that since he runs Fox, he’s prepared to face al Qaeda.”
lol Ailes running for Prez in 2012? Hilarious. Ailes looks like a preexisting condition. Fox is a gift that keeps on giving. Stay classy.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:46 pmThere are so many things wrong with this, it’s hard to know where to start….not to mention it’s just plain gross
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pmhellinabucket, and that “my friend” is why this is just talk.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pmSP Biloxi says:
Ailes looks like a preexisting condition.
That is freaking hilarious :)
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pmZooey says:
The Republic of Stupidity says:
DaveG says:
Hmmm, gee, I wonder what party he’ll run for?
Donner…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
**snort**
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Hey… just trying to give Roger a hand… or a leg… up in the race…
‘N mebbe a kidney… a pleen would be nice… w/ some mint jelly…
‘N some fava beans and a nice CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIANTI…
Geez… what did you think I was referring to?
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pmHe wouldn’t even make it out of the primaries.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pmThat’s “Spleen”… a “Spleen”…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:53 pmNow… some of you might consider Roger to be a bit of a turkey when it comes to running for POTUS…
Sooooooooooo… look at this way…
Clearly… he’s already got the wattles…
And appears to be stuffed… too.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:55 pmAiles is truly a dangerous individual made more so by his twisted corporate nuptials with bunk-mate bride Rupert M. Oh the warm fuzzy pillow talk these two must have as they plot the overthrow of democracy.
How old IS Ailes btw? 120-160 years old? Younger than Rupert I guess and at least as old as Rush’s Oxycontin soaked liver.
Yup. Just what the hip “off-the-hook” Christian-right GOP party of NO! needs to stay Groovy Baby!
Twenty-three Skadoo!
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pmRoger Ailes, President of FOX News running for President of the United States? I guess as far as the GOP is concerned they might as well cut out the middle man. Can you just hear the Hannity of the near future defending FOX as being not afraid to ask President Ailes the tough questions?
Hannity, “Mr. President…how did you get so fabulous? And as a follow up may I just say that you have the dreamiest blue eyes?
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 pmGood for the Republicans or the new “Independent Party”. I’m sure Ailes would qualify for either of these parties. It would be a gift to the Democrats to have another grumpy, old white man run for President on the opposite ticket.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 pmChuck Feney says:
He could be America’s Berlusconi, heaven help us.
Berlusconi is entertaining and good for a few chuckles. Not so for Ailes.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 pmJowly old white dudes are all that…
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm71. Fred says:
slappy magoo says:
I align myself with Dems, but it’s a party with its share of corrupt pantloads, too.
You obviously aren’t aware of the comparisons.
Enlighten me. Please.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:28 pmI think they should run Ailes/Rove. They both need airing out. They are both criminals and they need to have background checks aired to the public. How old is Ailes, 80?
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:28 pmLadies and Gentlemen, we have phantom trolls here. I see the last 16 posts have been voted down with no rebuttals in sight. lol
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:36 pm80. hellinabucket says:
I’d like to see Ailes run just so the whole country can see the dark seedy underbelly (emphasis on the belly)of this underserving candidate. Get him out from under the safety blanket of FOX and expose his every missqoute, bank statement, ill concieved stance etc…to the world.
________________
How likely would that be, since he’d only ever appear on Fox, who will not only insure favorable coverage, but also apply new technologies, previously only available to our nation’s military, to make him look Brad Pitt-ier when onscreen?
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 pmAiles has so many skeletons in his closet that I think it would be impossible for him to win. Sure he’d get Murdoch and his minions to back him but when the truth came about him…..he’d be on the ropes. He is a very nasty, nasty, piece of work. I saw this with my own eyes when Reagan won.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:42 pmI’m sure the Wizard of Fox-Oz would not be so powerful,
outed from behind his curtain.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pmWell, hell. Now I have to wipe the gatorade off my monitor. Ailes for President? That is spittingly (is that even a word ?) funny.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pmOh man. That would be even better than Palin running!
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:46 pmLinks to negative press on Ailes seem to get wiped clean every where. Coincidence or the invisible hand of GHW Bush?
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:49 pmtanglewood @100, I would’ve thought the same thing about Dubya. Military man who didn’t have to go to Vietnam but was STILL frequently AWOL, running failed business after failed business, former coke habit, pretending to be a cowboy and a wife that killed a guy. And yet, with a little luck, a lotta Rove’s evildoing and a Supreme Court illegally ruling that the recount in Florida get stopped, look at what we’ve had to deal with…
Whoever the GOP runs up the flagpole, the base will salute. It’s just a question of whitewashing/hiding the past and maligning Obama to the point where the mushy middle of America feels comfortable voting (R) just to get the right to stop whining (only to realize far too late, THEY NEVER STOP).
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:54 pmHe’s on his third wife………..perfect candidate from the party of family values!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pmFrank Luntz, for one, tells Playbook that Ailes could be a force if does it. “I have known Roger Ailes for 29 years,” says Luntz. “No one knows how to win better than Roger.”
Yeah, he can win…………just throw enough money around….and he’s got more money than anybody. I can see the book now, “The Selling of the Presidency, 2012.”
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:11 pmslappy magoo, if the GOP would nominate Ailes then I don’t care if he only goes on FOX. He would be scrutinized by every news organization. That is one big reason you won’t see Ailes as a candidate.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pmAiles, huh? I’m holding out for Bachmann/Palin Overdrive, myself! To plagiarize from Zooey: “Oh please, oh please, oh puh-leeeeze, Lawd!”
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 pmLuntz is 47 years old. He’s been suckling at the teet of Ailes since his teens.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:20 pmUrgent issue:
Could Americans stand the jowl flapping?
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:21 pmLadies and Gentlemen, we have phantom trolls here. I see the last 16 posts have been voted down with no rebuttals in sight. lol
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October 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 pmYeah that loser pussy has been hanging out on again off again since this morning. Must suck to be them…
hellinabucket @ 108, it’s all preemptive until/unless Ailes decided to run – personally, I think it’s a stupid rumor designed to do just what it’s doing – drive Democrats cuh-ray-zee.
But if he runs, I’d hope you’re right about the other news organizations picking him apart, investigating him as throughly as they should any other candidate and make sure the people know exactly who’s trying to seduce them into their votes. But I fear you’d be proven wrong. Fox is going to kiss his butt, most other news media, sadly, follow Fox’s lead. Bush was just the Fox News candidate and all his transgressions were whitewashed as propaganda about Gore claiming to have invented the internet (or Kerry not deserving his commendations) ran rampant. He was the Fox News candidate, but Ailes IS FOX NEWS. Even if the rest of the news media did a better job scrutinizing Ailes’ past and his record and his reputation, they’d be doing so while peddling Fox/Newsmax/Drudge myths. More questions about Obama’s birth that should’ve definitively been laughed out of serious discussion years ago. His supposed abuse of powers. Chicago-Style politics. Wright and Ayres. all the old stuff and a slew of new. With Fox News blaring all along the way that the rest of the media can’t be “fair and balanced” if they’re not reporting on what Fox News is reporting.
As I said, hope you’re right, fear you’re wrong.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:03 pmRoger Ailes another of the RepublicansS’ best and brightest.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:11 pmMust really suck to be a Republican!!!!!!!!!!
His skin is doughy.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 pmOkay, I’m trying to remain neutral here (HA!), but if Roger was to seriously run, and let’s say hypothetically, he won then that would put him in the White House in 2013, a good 3 years from now.
No offense, but he looks like a myocardial infarction just waiting to happen.
I’m not even sure he will make it to 2012, and I’m not being mean, I’m just being observant.
But if the chosen one (Huckabuck) bows out, by all means, let’s see a Aires/Palin ticket.
Stenosis on a stick/utterly clueless 2012.
I LIKE IT!!!!
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:16 pmAires = Ailes!
Jeebuz, my typing rivals Dubya’s public speaking.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:19 pmRoger Ailes for President? They might as well nominate Benjamin Netanyahu. They’re one and the same.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:24 pmMaybe he should pull all that shit to the top and wrap a scrunchie around it like some sort of funky flesh top knot.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:47 pmcaption…
“One more crack like that and you’re off to the brig, dbadass…”
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:53 pm;)
Big Daddy has had 3 wives????? That has to be all about the money, I know I’d projectile vomit if I had to see that naked.
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:07 pmMikem Allen wrote today that Pelosi has no votes for the Public Option.
She called him out on this lie.
Mike Allen is a liar.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:54 pmWill each of his “chins” have to register as their own candidate? LOL! ;)
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:17 pmWait a minute. The Mayan calendar ends on Dec 21, 2012 because there is nothing after that! So, I figure Ailes/Palin or Palin/Ailes win (because of rigged voting machine software) and maybe Russia does a pre-emptive strike on us, knowing that the new White House would probably do a pre-emptive strike on them. Then, the US, Israel, Pakistan, India, Britain, France, and China all join in!
We must switch to paper ballots to save the planet!
October 24th, 2009 at 1:11 amAiles-Buchanan 2012.
Oh please, oh please, oh please…
October 24th, 2009 at 2:13 amWhere was he born? Can he produce his birth certificate?
October 24th, 2009 at 9:39 amI’ve got one thing to say to Roger; “Bring it on Fat Boy”. Apparently you forgot you connection to Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon. You’ve got about as much chance of becoming President as Sara Palin, which is slim and non. So if you want to look stupid go right ahead and run. I’m sure the idiots who watch Fake News will vote for you, but that’s about 3 million people, you couln’t win Iowa with that, not to mention the Presidency.
October 24th, 2009 at 11:38 amGeez, guys, calm down. The Wattle King isn’t going to run, in person. Look at the “Update”. In fact, that news came out last night; Ailes ain’t gonna run.
However, Rupert and Roger have decided on who they’re going to have nominated by the Republipimps and elected by the folks they can scare the pants off of; “Sarah Palin 2012 – Pullin’ the Plug on America“.
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:53 am